r/europe • u/BkkGrl Ligurian in Zürich (💛🇺🇦💙) • 16d ago

мега нит 🇷🇸✊ Serbian protests Megathread

Serbia is currently experiencing protest and clashes against the government and its police forces.

This thread is to gather all the single pieces of media, pictures and videos.

However every main event and news in the form of link will deserve its own topic.

Thanks for your collaboration

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u/Mou_aresei Serbia 16d ago

For anyone wondering how the EU might help in this situation - place vučić and his cronies under individual sanctions, freeze their assets abroad. And stop clapping him on the back. Being deeply concerned is not going to help, time to take some real action.

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u/jaaval Finland 16d ago

Frankly, I'm not sure if sanctions would help here. It would fuel the line of defense that the protest are somehow arranged from outside. The good thing about not reacting is that it's very clear this is a Serbian issue. And freezing foreign assets wouldn't immediately hurt them but might make them more desperate to stay in power instead of just fleeing somewhere else.

On the other hand, fuck them.

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u/Sad-Neighborhood878 16d ago edited 13d ago

They are planning to flee anyway. EU should step up and show some solidarity if they so badly want us to be a part of EU, unless....

Also, by freezing politician's assets, they would be sending a sign to the people of Serbia that the bastion of democracy (EU) defends and preserves democratic values and principles, often seen as a crucial stronghold against threats to democracy.

Vučić as a deranged dictator president, is that threat.

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u/Professional_Ant4133 Serbia 16d ago

Frankly, I'm not sure if sanctions would help here.

Lol, stopping EU funding would mean about 95% of Vucic's paramilitaries and cronies go broke in weeks, EU just sent 300m to pay them for a while.

Sanctions? That shit would fn criple him 100/100.

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u/SkibidiDopYes 16d ago

Not 95%. China is investin hella more in recent memory, especially in construction. The US wants half of Belgrade for the Trump tower. Sure the EU is still in the game but more politically and energy wise (lithium) than investing and funding anyone.

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u/Mou_aresei Serbia 16d ago

Honestly it wouldn't make much difference, they are already calling the protesters foreign agents, etc. Cutting off their supply would hit them where it hurts most. The criminals in power are now fighting for their lives as the whole system is set up like a pyramid. They need to keep paying their henchmen, otherwise the whole thing collapses. 

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u/markole Serbia 16d ago

Sanctions helped the last time.

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u/No-Extension-4132 16d ago

Bro his voters hate EU now and whenever (they’re literally dumb sheep mostly older, if you want to understand better just compare them with Trump derangement syndrome) it doesn’t matter what it does. Normal people (and especially young people) who are more left leaning are losing their respect for the EU and that is the core base for pro EU part of the population. I’m telling you if EU and you every day Europeans actually want us to join, then now is your time to show. You don’t have to do something big for now, just less money to Vucic and maybe next time less and then at some point no money. He only talks about money how Serbia was never better or richer than now, bro just don’t give him the whole amount of money until he makes peace.